Chedwin Park

Chewdin Park was considered by 1970 to have the finest cricket pitch in Jamaica.{{cite book|title=Pepperpot|first=Elsie Benjamin|last=Barsoe|publisher=Krause Reprint|page=68|year=1970|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a9lmAAAAMAAJ|language=English}} The first representative match played on the ground came in the 1976–77 Gillette Cup in a List A one-day match between Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1799_a.html|title=List A Matches played on Chedwin Park, Spanish Town (16)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-04-28|url-access=subscription}} Four years later the ground played host to two first-class cricket matches 1980–81 Shell Shield, with Jamaica playing Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1799_f.html|title=First-Class Matches played on Chedwin Park, Spanish Town (13)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-04-28|url-access=subscription}} A gap of 15 years followed before representative cricket returned to Chedwin Park, with the Leeward Islands playing Trinidad and Tobago in a one-day match in the 1996–97 Shell/Sandals Trophy. Between 1996 and 2005, Chedwin Park regularly played host to one-day matches in the Red Stripe Bowl; the 16th, and to date final, one-day match to be played at the ground was a tour match between Jamaica and the South Africans. First-class cricket returned to Chedwin Park in 1997, with Jamaica playing 11 further first-class matches there until 2011, predominantly in the Regional Four Day Competition, with the exception of a match against Ireland in 2010.

A murder took place at the ground in May 2010, which resulted in two police officers from the Jamaica Constabulary Force being charged with the murder of businessman Sheldon Daley.{{cite news|url=https://jamaica.loopnews.com/content/alleged-rogue-cops-be-charged-chedwin-park-murder-and-more|title=Alleged rogue cops to be charged with Chedwin Park murder and more|date=2019-05-17|work=Loop Jamaica|accessdate=2022-04-28}}

• Highest team total: 522 for 9 declared by Jamaica v Barbados, 2004–05{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1799/f_Highest_Team_Totals.html|title=Chedwin Park, Spanish Town - Highest Team Totals in first-class cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-04-28|url-access=subscription}}
• Lowest team total: 97 all out by Leeward Islands v Jamaica, 1996–97{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1799/f_Lowest_Team_Totals.html|title=Chedwin Park, Spanish Town - Lowest Team Totals in first-class cricket|access-date=2022-04-28|url-access=subscription}}
• Highest individual innings: 203 not out by Jimmy Adams for Jamaica v Trinidad and Tobago, 1997–98{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1799/f_Centuries.html|title=Chedwin Park, Spanish Town - Centuries in first-class cricket|access-date=2022-04-28|url-access=subscription}}
• Best bowling in an innings: 7-28 by Nikita Miller for Jamaica v Windward Islands, 2009–10{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1799/f_Most_Wickets_in_Innings.html|title=Chedwin Park, Spanish Town - Seven Wickets in an Innings in first-class cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-04-28|url-access=subscription}}
• Best bowling in a match: 10-72 by Corey Collymore for Babardos v Jamaica, 2006–07{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/113/113337.html|title=Jamaica v Barbados, Carib Beer Cup 2006/07|access-date=2022-04-28|url-access=subscription}}

• Highest team total: 310 for 7 (50 overs) by Barbados v Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 2002–03{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1799/a_Highest_Team_Totals.html|title=Chedwin Park, Spanish Town - Highest Team Totals in List A matches|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-04-28|url-access=subscription}}
• Lowest team total: 62 all out (35.2 overs) by United States v Trinidad and Tobago, 2000–01{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1799/a_Lowest_Team_Totals.html|title=Chedwin Park, Spanish Town - Lowest Team Totals in List A matches|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-04-28|url-access=subscription}}
• Highest individual innings: 122 by Chris Gayle for Jamaica v Rest of Leeward Islands, 2001–02{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1799/a_Centuries.html|title=Chedwin Park, Spanish Town - Centuries in List A matches|access-date=2022-04-28|url-access=subscription}}
• Best bowling in an innings: 4-15 by Mervyn Dillon for Jamaica v United States, 2000–01{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/70/70759.html|title=Trinidad and Tobago v United States of America, Red Stripe Bowl 2000/01 (Zone A)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-04-28|url-access=subscription}}

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